It wasn't that long ago that
publicly reported six-figure domain sales were few and far between.
Lately they have been a weekly occurrence - the past five weeks to
be exact. Shuki Haiminis of Boston's HaiminisHoldings.com
bought Lofts.com for $100,000 in a private sale,
marking the fifth straight week that at least one six-figure sale
has graced our Top Ten sales chart. Lofts.com was surrounded
by a solid supporting cast with 14 other domains cracking five
figures.

Sedo.com
accounted for a half-dozen of those marquee sales, including three
that ranked among the top five on our leader board. Their flagbearer
was a superb British country code domain, WebDesign.co.uk,
that went for €37,756 ($45,767) to claim the #2
position. They also scored with an unusually high .org sale,
#4 GraceWorks.org, at $25,000. The common wisdom has
always been that religious domains have limited resale value as most
potential buyers are non-profit organizations with tight budgets. Lutheran
Social Services of Mid-America, based in Centerville, Ohio,
may change a few of those assumptions after stepping up to buy this
domain as the new home for their GraceWorks
Ministries web site. Sedo's dominance of the first five
continued with #5 LegacyAuto.com at $20,000 and they
notched a fourth entry on the Big Board with another .co.uk
heavyweight, #10 Subscriptions.co.uk at £7,000 ($12,592).

Moniker.com/DomainSystems.com
and SnapNames.com
each posted a pair of Top Ten winners. Moniker muscled in with #3 Versatile.com
at $30,715 and backed it up with #7 ViewpointBank.com
at $18,015. SnapNames snared back to back trophies with #8 Flowchart.com
at $15,250 and #9 GourmetBasket.com at $15,000.
SnapNames also had two of the four 5-figure sales that fell just
short of the chart, with Sedo accounting for the other two. We'll
run down those and a truck load of other transactions, including a half-dozen
four-figure new extension sales, but first let's take a look at the
complete leader board for the week ending Sunday, Sept. 18:

Keep in mind that these are the highest value
sales that have been reported to us in the past week.
This column is meant to be an educational tool, not a
complete list documenting ALL high value domain sales.
Such a list is impossible to produce because many sales are
kept private at the insistence of buyers, sellers or
both.

Pool.com
accounted for the lone chart entry we didn't note earlier, soaring
into the stratosphere with #6 ScienceMuseum.com at $18,277.
SnapNames and Sedo shared a quartet of five-figure sales just off the
Big Board. SnapNames bagged ShoppingDeals.com at $12,549
and Memoria.com at $10,001 while Sedo marched off with Mick.com at $12,500
and MaxPrice.com at $10,000.

Sedo had a cartful of country code winners as well. DirectEnergy.co.uk
plugged in €6,750 ($8,181), iMesh.de deposited €5,700($6,910) and UHZ.de delivered €5,500 ($6,668).
The latter two are German ccTLD's. PoolCover.co.uk rolled
up €4,850 ($5,880), FinancialJobs.co.uk paid $4,500
and Evita.it (Italian country code) went for €3,000
($3,637). Sedo sewed up sales in lesser known ccTLD's as well,
including two from Hungary; Hajout.hu and Tengerihajout.hu
(both related to cruises) at €2,500 ($3,031) each. Colima.com.mx
(Mexican country code) added €550 ($667). Back on the .com
front, Hypnose.com ("hypnosis" in German) commanded €5,800
($7,030), wDating.com wound up at $6,500 and three
others; Nanotox.com, HouseShare.com and DigitalImaging.com
went for $5,000 each. 672.com at $3,800 and Chainz.com
at $3,500 rounded out the Sedo roster, though you'll be hearing
more from them in our New TLD section.

The SnapNames sales list seems to grow longer every week
as they add exclusive new registrar partners to their team. The fruits
of their labor was evident again this time out. SimplyGorgeous.com
posted a pretty $6,100, WeddingRoses.com went for $5,999
and ZoomTelevision.com tuned in $5,600. Summer.net
also sold for $5,600 while Access.org accounted for $5,000
and Manuals.org added $4,100. Xolox.com and
EquityMortgageLoans.com brought in $5,300 each, ComparingColleges.com
cost $4,888, Inmueble.com ("property" or
"building" in Spanish) banked $4,750 and LeatherCleaner.com
brushed up $4,644. FunJokes.com cracked $4,288, WebCard.com
greeted $4,160 and DebtReliefProgram.com dug up $4,088.

Also at SnapNames, $3,700 bounced off BigBootys.com,
SexyMama.com made $3,559 and ElectricAutomobiles
conserved $3,533. AllCrafts.com and LegalMeds.com
sold for $3,400 each while BibleFAQs.com found $3,388
and TravelersGuide.com located $3,333. TVGuideLive.com
landed $3,095 and MensMagazines.com maxed at $3,049.
SnapNames had another 20 domains in the 2-3K range. Here are the names
that had a seat at that table:

Afternic.com weighed in with a pair of nice
4-letter acronyms, RACA.com at $6,000 and MJCO.com
at $5,450. People-Search.com found $5,600, SuperMister.com
sold for $5,000 and the 2-character 0v.com brought $3,450.
Other notables included Fukui.com ($3,000), CompleteAuto.com
($2,288) and SafeBond.com ($2,000). Afternic also
handled a rare four-figure .cc (Cocos Keeling Islands country
code) with Adult.cc going for $1,000.

At Enom's Club
Drop, XtraCash.com yielded $3,300, WebGeek.com
garnered $2,900 and iRegistry.com added $2,800.
SportDrinks.com guzzled $2,400, TeenNews.com attracted
$2,100 and CellPhoneDiscount.com called in $1,800.
Club Drop also had some nice .net sales. Woodstock.net went for
$2,500, PMM.net fetched $1,300 and Diner.net
served up $1,200.

Moniker/DomainSystems supplemented their two Top Ten
entries with ThereIsOnlyOne.com at $9,308. In private
transactions, Jon Schwartz sold CakeTV.com for $5,000
and David Sawyer sent PokerBooks.net to Jonathan H at the NamePros.com
forum for $2,500. We also got word of two very nice
private .org sales but were asked not to disclose the names. We can
tell you one was a 3-letter acronym that went for $22,000 and
the other was a European country's name that went for $7,500.

****

Our Year To Date Top 60 chart gets two new
members this week. Lofts.com moved into a four-way tie for the
20th position at $100,000 and WebDesign.co.uk slipped
into the last available slot. Here is a look at
the complete 2005 leader board through September 18:

Domain Name Journal's Year-To-Date Top SalesHighest Reported 2005 Domain Sales through Sun. Sept.
18 Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to
$) Based on Rates in Effect When Sales Were
Originally Reported by DNJ(Domains entering the
chart this week are highlighted in green)

Domain

Sold
For

Where Sold

Date*

1.
tie

Website.com

$750,000

Sedo

7/26/05

1.
tie

Property.com

$750,000

Pvt Sale

8/9/05

3.

Local.com

$700,000

Pvt
Sale

3/8/05

4.

Chat.de

€360,000
= $470,848

Sedo

1/18/05

5.

WhatIsMyIP.com

$386,100

Ebay

7/26/05**

6.

ShoppingCart.com

$285,000

Moniker / DomainSystems

8/9/05

7.

Uruguay.com

$175,000

Sedo

7/12/05

8.

Porker.com

$155,000

Sedo

5/31/05

9.
tie

News.net

$150,000

Sedo

9/13/05

9.
tie

Vuelos.com("flights" in Spanish")

$150,000

Pvt Sale

8/16/05

9.tie

Paraguay.com

$150,000

Pvt
Sale

6/21/05

9.tie

CheapGas.com

$150,000

Pvt
Sale

6/21/05

9.tie

GED.com

$150,000

Sedo

1/18/05

9.tie

GospelMusic.com

$150,000

GreatDomains

3/22/05

15.

Photographer.com

$133,000

Pvt Sale

8/23/05

16.

Dominio.com("domain" in Spanish)

$120,000

Pvt Sale

9/6/05

17.

Voyuer.com

$112,100

SnapNames

2/1/05

18.

PartnerCash.com

$110,000

Sedo

7/19/05

19.

Innovations.com

$108,000

Pool

5/24/05

20.
tie

Lofts.com

$100,000

Pvt Sale

9/20/05

20.
tie

EQ.com

$100,000

Afternic

9/6/05

20.
tie

Mueller.com

$100,000

Sedo

9/6/05

20.
tie

Lunch.com

$100,000

Pvt
Sale

7/26/05

24.

OLT.com

$93,000

Sedo

5/3/05

25.

NetPoker.com

$80,000

Pvt
Sale

6/7/05

26.
tie

Hanover.com

$75,000

Sedo

9/6/05

26.tie

GLU.com

$75,000

Sedo

5/31/05

26.tie

PetSupplies.com

$75,000

Afternic

4/5/05

29.

Car.de

€58,000 = $72,296

Sedo

9/6/05

30.

Empleo.com("jobs" in Spanish)

$70,000

Pvt
Sale

6/21/05

31.tie

Downlaod.com

$68,000

Pvt
Sale

3/1/05

31.tie

Donwload.com

$68,000

Pvt
Sale

3/1/05

31.tie

Dawnload.com

$68,000

Pvt
Sale

3/1/05

34.

Lottery.org

$66,667

Sedo

3/22/05

35.

Travel.tv

$65,000

GreatDomains

9/6/05

36.

Fights.com

$62,000

Pvt
Sale

7/12/05

37.

Medikamente.de("drugs" in German)

€50,000 = $61,747

Sedo

8/16/05

38.

FreeCellPhone.com

€50,000 =
$61,419

Sedo

6/7/05

39.

PhoneFree.com

$61,361

SnapNames

9/13/05

40.

GolfResorts.com

$60,800

Moniker
/DomainSystems

6/14/05

41.

Line.com

$60,000

KuwaitNET

9/6/05

42.

Trees.com

$58,000

GreatDomains

1/4/05

43.

CashFlow.com

$56,500

Sedo

4/19/05

44.tie

Quilting.com

$55,000

Pvt
Sale

5/31/05

44.tie

HotDate.com

$55,000

Sedo

4/19/05

44.tie

Free-Games.to

$55,000

Sedo

3/1/05

47.

VegasRealEstate.com

$53,611

SnapNames

8/16/05

48.

SuccessForce.com

$51,100

Moniker/DomainSystems

9/6/05

49.

CervicalCancer.com

$50,750

Moniker/DomainSystems

2/1/05

50.
tie

BattleRap.com

$50,000

Moniker/DomainSystems

9/6/05

50.
tie

DrumSets.com

$50,000

Sedo

6/21/05

50.tie

Designs.com

$50,000

Pvt
Sale

4/26/05

50.tie

MusicShop.com

$50,000

GreatDomains

2/22/05

50.tie

Neighbors.com

$50,000

Sedo

2/15/05

50.tie

Therapy.com

$50,000

Sedo

2/15/05

56.

League.com

$48,000

GreatDomains

3/8/05

57.

MyShopping.com

$47,000

Pool

5/3/05

58.

TiltPoker.com

$46,000

Pool

3/29/05

59.

BibleCollege.com

$45,805

SnapNames

9/6/05

60.

WebDesign.co.uk

€37,756 = $45,767

Sedo

9/20/05

*Date column (month/day/year) shows date the
sale was published in DNJournal.

.Biz twirled back into the spotlight this week,
taking the top spot on our New TLD chart with the €1,650
($1,998) sale ofDance.biz at Sedo. .Biz also
took lucky #7 with Cookbooks.biz whipping up €670 ($812),
also at Sedo, a venue that racked up five of the eight positions on
our new list.

There were a half-dozen four figure sales this week
and .info accounted for four of those to sweep positions two
through five. #2 Futebol.info kicked in $1,500 at
Afternic while #3 Pattaya.info attracted €1,100 ($1,334) at
Sedo. Pattaya is a popular beach resort in Thailand. #4 Manhattan.info
continued the romp rolling up $1,300 at Sedo while Fun-Ken
Lin of Buy.name
bought #5 Artist.info in a private sale for $1,200.

.US entered the fray at #6, also with a
four-figure sale. Sunshine.us did the honors, going for $1,000
at Afternic. Here is a look at the complete
new extension leader board for the week ending Sept. 18:

Albergo.info ("hotel" in Italian)
anchored this week's list after going for €500 ($606) at Sedo.
Fun-Ken Lin also bought a couple in that range, acquiring Bookstore.info
($600) and Troy.info ($515) in private sales. I sold IQF.us
for $500 at Sedo and someone cut the cheese at Afternic
where Cheddar.us., CheddarCheese.us and Brie.us all went
to the same buyer for $350 each.

The entry fee for our New TLD Year-To-DateTop 50 chart currently stands at $2,500 so no new members were
inducted this week. Here are
2005's highest reported new extension sales through Sept. 18:

Domain Name Journal's Year-To-Date New TLD Top 50 SalesHighest Reported 2005 .info, .biz &
.us Domain Sales through Sept. 11 Euro
to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) Based on Rates in
Effect When Sales Were Originally Reported by
DNJ(Domains entering the chart this week are
highlighted in green)

Domain

Sold
For

Where Sold

Date*

1.

VOIP.us

$25,000

AllNetServices

5/24/05

2.

Best.info

£12,000 =
$20,880

Sedo

7/19/05

3.

Industry.us

$17,000

Pvt Sale

3/15/05

4.

Musical.info

€10,440 =
$13,936

Sedo

3/8/05

5.

CellPhones.us

$12,250

Moniker/DomainsSystems

1/4/05

6.

Auto.biz

€6,000 = $7,966

Sedo

1/4/05

7.

Maschinenbau.info("building
engines" in German)

€5,950 =
$7,772

Sedo

4/19/05

8.

Connect.us

$7,500

Sedo

4/5/05

9.

BES.biz

€5,500 =
$7,139

Sedo

4/26/05

10.

TravelNet.info

€5,000
= $6,231

Sedo

9/6/05

11.

Safe.biz

€4,000 =
$5,189

Sedo

1/25/04

12.
tie

Manhattan.biz

$5,000

Afternic

8/9/05

12.tie

AMA.us

$5,000

Afternic

4/26/05

12.tie

Broker.info

$5,000

Sedo

5/31/05

15.

WhitePages.biz

$4,995

Afternic

7/5/05

16.

Golfreisen.info("golf travel" in German)

€4,000
= $4,906

Sedo

9/13/05

17.

Marketing.biz

€3,900 =
$4,748

Sedo

6/21/05

18.

Adventure.info

£2,500 =
$4,708

Sedo

5/10/05

19.

Pauschalreisen.info("package tours"
in German)

€3,500 =
$4,507

Sedo

5/10/05

20.

MyHouse.biz

$4,500

Pvt Sale

6/28/05

21.

Physician.info

$4,150

Pvt Sale

1/18/05

22.

Honolulu.us

$4,000

Pvt Sale

7/19/05

23.

Degrees.info

$3,800

Pvt
Sale

8/16/05

24.

Piercing.us

€3,000
= $3,680

Sedo

9/13/05

25.

Pauschalreise.info("package tour"
in German)

€2,800 =
$3,606

Sedo

5/10/05

26.

GEP.info

€3,000 =
$3,576

Sedo

7/5/05

27.

Attest.info

€2,700 =
$3,559

Sedo

3/1/05

28.
tie

Forum.us

$3,500

GreatDomains

3/8/05

28.
tie

New-York.info

$3,500

Sedo

5/10/05

30.

Science.info

$3,272

Ebay

5/3/05

31.

Geschichte.info("stories" in
German)

€2,500 =
$3,266

Sedo

4/19/05

32.

Nostrum.info

€2,500 =
$3,261

Sedo

2/1/05

33.

Musicals.us

€2,550 =
$3,255

Sedo

2/8/05

34.

Tunis.info

$3,250

Sedo

6/21/05

35.

Altabadia.info(Italian
resort area)

€2,300 =
$3,069

Sedo

3/8/05

36.

Lyrics.info

$3,000

Sedo

2/22/05

37.

Ultraschall.info("ultrasound" in
German)

€2,250 =
$2,996

Sedo

3/15/05

38.

Dividends.us

€2,277 =
$2,943

Sedo

3/29/05

39.

Eintrittskarten.biz("entry tickets"
in German)

€2,200 =
$2,865

Sedo

2/15/05

40.tie

Start.biz

$2,750

Sedo

7/19/05

40.tie

Scholarships.info

$2,750

Sedo

7/5/05

40.tie

Calories.info

$2,750

Sedo

3/8/05

43.

WireFly.biz

$2,735

Afternic

7/12/05

44.tie

LondonEscorts.biz

€2,000 =
$2,655

Sedo

1/4/05

44.tie

MusicalTheater.info

€2,000 =
$2,655

Sedo

1/4/05

46.

Snowboard.info

€2,000 =
$2,640

Sedo

3/22/05

47.

Diving.info

$2,630

Dot.us

3/29/05

48.

Twisters.us

$2,625

Pvt Sale

7/26/05

49.

Sense.info

€2,000 =
$2,573

Sedo

4/5/05

50.
tie

Lima.info

$2,500

Sedo

9/13/05

50.tie

TheCasino.info

$2,500

Sedo

7/19/05

50.tie

Oregon.info

$2,500

Ebay

1/25/05

50.tie

Farming.info

$2,500

Sedo

2/1/05

*Date column shows the date (month/day/year) the
sale was published in DNJournal. **In our
3/8/05 report, we noted an Ebay auction of WhatIsMyIP.com had
ended at $386,100, however we could not verify that the sale
was legitimate until our 7/26/05 report.

As always, we welcome all verifiable sales reports from companies,
private sellers or individuals with knowledge of an important sale
made through any channel. To contribute information and help make
this column better, just drop a note to editor@dnjournal.com.

We truly appreciate the industry leading
companies represented on our charts who share their sales information
with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current
domain values. Individuals like Richard
Meyer of the American Marketing Corporation also provide invaluable help by sending us data for these sales
reports each week.

Every Tuesday we publish the highest reported domain name
sales for the previous week. On Monday our contributors send us
their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that
information and write this report for Tuesday publication to give
you the freshest sales report in the industry.

We will close with this standard caution. These are not average selling
prices - these are top selling domains. One of the
biggest impediments to making sales is pricing domains at
unrealistic levels. For most of us, pricing domains at the levels
achieved on the Top Ten chart will leave us waiting a long time to make a sale! We hope you will
use the information presented here as a measuring stick that will
help you price your domains at levels that will put more money in
your pocket more often!

Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain
Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.

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